Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

October 13, 2024 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a report by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), over 15,000 registered investment advisers (RIAs) in the U.S. were managing around $128 trillion in assets by the end of last year. CoinList pointed out that this appears to underscore the expanding role… Read More

October 12, 2024 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the fintech platform driving the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, announced the launch of iCapital’s Multi-Investment Workflow tool. Available to wealth managers on iCapital Marketplace, this tool reportedly streamlines the investing experience by allowing financial advisors to process “multiple alternative investments”… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has shared their latest portfolio performance review for the month of September 2024. HeavyFinance notes in its performance review that during September, they reportedly saw a total of €1.33 million invested of which €713K is said to have been allocated across 24 agricultural projects… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security tokens at Bitpanda are aimed at enabling new era of investing. The European Fintech firm recently shared that Bitpanda is the first crypto platform to make this particular asset class available to potentially millions of retail investors. All Bitpanda customers are now able to… Read More

October 10, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Indonesian donation and crowdfunding platform Kitabisa has officially entered the country’s insurance sector by launching Kitabisa Insurance, a sharia-compliant subsidiary, marking a significant step in addressing Indonesia’s notably low insurance penetration rate, according to DealStreetAsia. The announcement follows the subsidiary’s introduction of its first product,… Read More

October 10, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European investment platform Estagteguru has shared their latest loan portfolio overview for the month of August 2024. In August of this year, Estateguru revealed in a blog post that they have reportedly witnessed “continued growth” as well as more overall stability in their loan origination… Read More

October 9, 2024 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Groundfloor is now offering a “next evolution” in fractionalized real estate offerings. Groundfloor’s launch of its Flywheel Portfolio aims to support diversification into different real estate properties by enabling investors to invest in “hundreds” of loans – down to as little… Read More

October 9, 2024 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, an estabished lender to the UK SME property markets announced that it has appointed four senior executives to its Board. Assetz Capital, a company that has been focused on the United Kingdom‘s SME commercial property and residential development markets, announced in a blog… Read More

October 8, 2024 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the fintech platform driving the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth management industry, announces that it has surpassed $200 billion in global platform assets. Increased demand for private market funds has led to this milestone and boosted the growth of client assets on iCapital’s… Read More

October 7, 2024 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Crypto, from Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD), has recently launched cryptocurrency transfers across European markets. Robinhood Crypto customers residing in Europe are now able to deposit as well as withdraw 20+ cryptocurrencies, and will reportedly be able to earn a 1% deposit match for a… Read More

October 7, 2024 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform PeerBerry has shared its latest update for the month of September 2024. European investing platform PeerBerry notes that investors have reportedly funded €44.96 million worth loans in just the past month, which is actually 2% less than those reported in August. According to… Read More

October 4, 2024 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iCapital, the platform driving access to alternative investments, and Bridge Investment Group (NYSE: BRDG), an alternative asset manager, announced the enhancement of Bridge’s Investor Portal, which is reportedly being powered by iCapital, and enables investors to access performance reporting for all products. The Investor Portal… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a “one-stop shop” for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, and PrimaryBid Technologies Inc., a capital markets fintech firm, announced the launch of DSP2.0, a Directed Share Platform (DSP) that offers a… Read More

October 2, 2024 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced that its Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) have launched and are available for trading. 31,498 contracts traded across two different contract weeks. The first trade, a block, took place on Sunday, September 29 and was executed by Galaxy and Marex…. Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Business lending provider NovaLend, which is focused on supporting small businesses in Poland, has reportedly joined PeerBerry with an 8% annual return on investing in business loans secured by a buyback guarantee. According to the update shared by European investment platform PeerBerry, the lender’s loan… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Plata Finance, the Fintech that acquired Zopa’s loan portfolio, has published its full year annual report including financial statements. Plata is an online lender that originates loans while enabling institutional investors and UK-based individual “pre-screened” investors to participate in securities offerings. Plata reports that servicing… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, an all-in-one crypto financial services hub, announced the completion of its all-cash acquisition of Crypto Finance (Asset Management) AG (CFAM), a licensed Swiss crypto asset manager that was previously part of the Deutsche Börse Group-owned Crypto Finance Group (CFG). Now doing business as Matrixport… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech-enabled broker-dealer that specializes in online capital formation, is reporting that issuers using its platform raised over $104 million during Q3 of 2024. The amount raised under the various securities exemptions, grew significantly when compared to previous quarters. DealMaker shares the following information… Read More

October 1, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FOLK2FOLK, the UK’s peer to peer lending company, has announced Carlos Howard as its new Head of Business Development. Carlos brings over 20 years of leadership “experience in financial services, legal, and manufacturing sectors, with a focus on sales, customer care, operations, and strategic roles.”… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner, real estate developer SIB Group, repaid investors a EUR 1 million loan (real estate project “Krokuvos”) and paid our investors EUR 221 135 in interest. PeerBerry has acknowledged those “contributing to the development of projects developed by their partners.” If you are… Read More